PRECOCIAL Antonyms

• (of hatchlings) naked and blind and dependent on parents for food

• exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury

• marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique

• easily broken or damaged or destroyed

• easily hurt

• developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety

• difficult to handle; requiring great tact

• of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely

• relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed

• (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence

• a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)

• contingent on something else

• held from above and hanging down

• being under the power or sovereignty of another or others

• addicted to a drug

• pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness

• lacking strength or vigor

• lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality

• lacking strength

• lacking in or deprived of strength or power

• unable to function; without help

• unable to manage independently

• characteristic of a lack of maturity

• (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

• not fully developed or mature; not ripe

• not yet mature

• (of birds) not yet having developed feathers

• not developed, mature, or fully formulated

• not developed, improved, exploited or used

• not having form or shape

• not formed or organized

• not prepared or in a state of readiness; slow to understand or respond

• susceptible to attack

• susceptible to criticism or persuasion or temptation

• capable of being wounded or hurt